glyceraldehyde

glyceraldehyde

[‚glis·ə′ral·də‚hīd]

(biochemistry)

CH2OHCOHCHO A colorless solid, isomeric with dehydroxyacetone; soluble in water and insoluble in organic solvents; an important intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism; used as a chemical intermediate in biochemical research and nutrition.

Total RNA was isolated from confluent UROtsa cells grown on both serum-containing and serum-free growth medium and used to determine the basal expression of the respective heat shock protein genes relative to the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (g3pdh) housekeeping gene using RTPCR technology as described previously (23-25).

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